What Happened In June 1908 In History

Historical Events for June, 1908

• 18th » Japanese Brazilians or Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos (São Paulo) known as Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• 18th » The University of the Philippines is established.
• 30th » The Tunguska event occurs in remote Siberia.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1908

• 1st » Julie Campbell Tatham, American author (d. 1999)
• 4th » Geli Raubal, Austrian daughter of Angela Hitler (d. 1931)
• 5th » Ravi Narayana Reddy, Indian politician (d. 1991)
• 9th » Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist (d. 1993)
• 9th » Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach (d. 1970)
• 11th » Karl Hein, German hammer thrower (d. 1982)
• 11th » Jacinta and Francisco Marto called Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (d. 1919)
• 12th » Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian broadcaster (d. 1988)
• 12th » Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina (d. 2010)
• 12th » Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer (d. 1975)
• 15th » Sam Giancana, American mobster (d. 1975)
• 18th » Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (d. 1969)
• 18th » Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian politician (d. 1997)
• 18th » Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003)
• 20th » Billy Werber, American baseball player (d. 2009)
• 21st » William Frankena, American philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
• 24th » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1942)
• 24th » Alfons Rebane, Estonian colonel (d. 1976)
• 25th » Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (d. 2000)
• 26th » Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (d. 1973)
• 27th » João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian physician and author (d. 1967)
• 27th » Gene Venzke, American runner (d. 1992)
• 29th » Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (d. 1975)
• 29th » Erik Lundqvist, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 1963)
• 30th » Winston Graham, English author (d. 2003)

Famous Deaths for June 1908

• 14th » Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (b. 1841)
• 21st » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
• 24th » Grover Cleveland, American politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)

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